Messier 103 (also known as M103, or NGC 581) is a small open cluster of many faint stars in Cassiopeia. It was discovered on 27 March 1781 by Pierre Méchain...
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The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas...
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C/1771 G1 (Messier) C/1773 T1 (Messier) C/1780 U2 (Messier) C/1788 W1 (Messier) C/1793 S2 (Messier) C/1798 G1 (Messier) C/1785 A1 (Messier-Méchain) He...
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February 2018. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 38. Messier 38, SEDS Messier pages Messier 38 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α...
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Phecda (γ UMa, Gamma Ursa Majoris). Messier 109 was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. Two years later Charles Messier catalogued the object, as an appended...
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children to take up the sport." Messier was born in St. Albert, Alberta, the son of Mary-Jean (Dea) and Doug Messier. He was the second son and third...
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clusters NGC 654, NGC 663, NGC 581 (Messier 103), NGC 457, NGC 225, NGC 7788, NGC 7790, NGC 7789 and NGC 7654 (Messier 52). The December Phi Cassiopeiids...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 87. Messier 87, SEDS Messier pages ESA/Hubble images of M87 Messier 87 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS...
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657A.123O. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202141596. S2CID 239998638. "Messier 62". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 29 April 2022. Milone, A. P. (January 2015)...
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discovered on May 3, 1764, and was the first Messier object to be discovered by Charles Messier himself. Messier originally mistook the object for a nebula...
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Sombrero Galaxy (redirect from Messier 104)
The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of...
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Andromeda Galaxy (redirect from Messier 31)
138.1985R. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/138/6/1985. ISSN 0004-6256. "Messier 33". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 22 July 2024. Koch, Andreas; Grebel, Eva K...
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Whirlpool Galaxy (redirect from Messier Object 51)
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus...
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Beehive Cluster (redirect from Messier 44)
open clusters Messier object New General Catalogue Open cluster family Open cluster remnant "NGC 2632". sim-id. Retrieved 2020-06-11. "Messier 44". SEDS....
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suggestion to assign the galaxy a Messier number was made by Kenneth Glyn Jones in 1967, making it the last member of the Messier List. This galaxy has a morphological...
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Lagoon Nebula (redirect from Messier Object 8)
Stellar Lagoon — ESA/Hubble Photo Release Messier 8, SEDS Messier pages NightSkyInfo.com – M8, the Lagoon Nebula Messier 8, Pete's Astrophotography Gallery Archived...
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Omega Nebula (redirect from Messier Object 17)
close-up view of the rose-coloured star forming region Messier 17. List of Messier objects Messier object New General Catalogue "NGC 6618". SIMBAD. Centre...
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Trifid Nebula (redirect from Messier 20)
Nebula Trifid Nebula seen at different wavelengths List of Messier objects List of nebulae Messier object New General Catalogue Wikipedia Project: Astronomical...
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Eagle Nebula (redirect from Messier Object 16)
..870...32K. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaef8c. S2CID 119328315. "Messier 16". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 21 July 2024. Martin MacPhee (8 July 2014)...
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"Photometric and kinematic studies of open star clusters. I. NGC 581 (M 103)". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 349: 448–456. arXiv:astro-ph/9908059. Bibcode:1999A&A...
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+33° 36′ 56″ 13.6 580 Spiral galaxy Cetus 01h 30m 40.8s −01° 59′ 41″ 14.3 581 Messier 103 Open cluster Cassiopeia 01h 33m +60° 39′ 7.7 582 Spiral galaxy Triangulum...
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Orion Nebula (redirect from Messier 42)
Nebula List of diffuse nebulae List of Messier objects Messier 43, which is part of the Orion Nebula Messier 78, a reflection nebula New General Catalogue...
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Crab Nebula (redirect from Messier Object 1)
was independently rediscovered in 1758 by Charles Messier as he was observing a bright comet. Messier catalogued it as the first entry in his catalogue...
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Messier 32 (also known as M32 and NGC 221) is a dwarf "early-type" galaxy about 2,650,000 light-years (810,000 pc) from the Solar System, appearing in...
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Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8), near λ Sagittarii; the Omega Nebula (Messier 17), near the border with Scutum; and the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20), a large nebula...
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M81 Group (redirect from Messier 81 Group)
constellations Ursa Major and Camelopardalis that includes the galaxies Messier 81 and Messier 82, as well as several other galaxies with high apparent brightnesses...
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of which were previously unknown. Charles Messier then compiled a catalog of 103 "nebulae" (now called Messier objects, which included what are now known...
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Messy Goes to OKIDO is a 2015 animated series for children, adapted from characters in OKIDO, a children's arts and science magazine. Inquisitive monster...
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